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Wayne Hastings understands leadership, motivation, setting vision and building successful teams. He been successful in a number of professional disciplines where his skills and style have produced results. The following Blog articles are a sample of Wayne’s leadership insights:

 
May
27

Company Culture and Values

A culture, as I’ve written in the past, is like yogurt. It’s dynamic, changing and sometimes it can go sour. I’ve shared on this Blog a number of culture types […]

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Posted on: May 27, 2009 in Culture, Leadership
Apr
24

Honest Leadership

Good leaders are never afraid of communicating truth to their people. Every time we stop shy of the truth we cheat ourselves and, worst of all, we rob our people […]

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Posted on: April 24, 2009 in Leadership
Mar
30

The Importance of a Balanced Team

Jeff Seton’s  recent Blog on the personality secrets of the American Idol judges was, once again, a good reminder of the importance of a balanced team. He points out that the […]

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Posted on: March 30, 2009 in Leadership
Mar
18

Putting People in the Right Spots

One part of my job that gives me tremendous personal satisfaction is making sure people are working in the right spot. Not only is this personally satisfying, I feel strongly […]

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Posted on: March 18, 2009 in Leadership
Feb
18

Managing the Spiral of Change

In most organizations change is inevitable. The cycle is something like this – a new idea is created. This idea can come from many sources, either external or internal, but […]

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Posted on: February 18, 2009 in Leadership
Jan
30

Bringing Peace to Your Team

In my last post I wrote about team leaders who have inner joy and how this quality helps them to be more effective team leaders and managers. In this post […]

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Posted on: January 30, 2009 in Leadership
Jan
23

Understanding the Importance of Inner Peace

It’s difficult for me to imagine an effective team leader who is basically unhappy with himself or herself. Let’s face it masking unhappiness can only carry a person so far. […]

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Posted on: January 23, 2009 in Leadership
Jan
15

Unconditional, Positive Regard for People

I have been fortunate to be part of some very good teams. One of the things I realize is that the leaders of those teams have such an unconditional and […]

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Posted on: January 15, 2009 in Leadership
Jan
06

Surviving the Post Holiday Slump

Several years ago as a retailer I suffered through a severe economic downturn. For someone who loves to grow a business it was a hard time to work through and […]

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Posted on: January 6, 2009 in Leadership
Dec
23

Firefighter or Manager – Which are You?

Audrey Kidd, my Marketing VP, and I were having a discussion yesterday about Leadership and why companies seemingly run in place, continually changing systems or processes instead of staying the […]

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Posted on: December 23, 2008 in Leadership
 

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